Thanks to everyone who entered our short fiction competition this year, and congratulations to everyone who was longlisted. I’m sorry that we have to lose most of the longlisted stories at this stage. In 2016 we wrote about the difficulties involved in judging a competition such as this one, and a year later the process hasn’t got any easier. Different judges, following a different process, would no doubt have selected a different shortlist. So we wish all the longlisted authors success with placing their stories elsewhere. Meanwhile, we’re thrilled to announce that our winners will be selected from the following shortlist:

Sudha Balagopal

Jill Campbell Mason

Darrel Duckworth

Sleiman El Hajj

Joe Giordano

Rinat Harel

Alaric Lejano

Nathan Alling Long

Douglas W. Milliken

Mike Pearcy

Krystal Song

Hannah Whiteoak

Many congratulations to all of you. We will announce the three winners on Wednesday 19th April.